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No. 700,750. Patented May 27, I902.

E. G. DOUGHERTY.

PBINTERS FURNITURE.

(Application filed Jan. 31, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDIVARD G. DOUGHERTY, OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS.

PRINTERS FURNITURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 700,750, dated May 27, 1902.

Application filed January 31, 1902. Serial No. 92,024. (No model.)

gin, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Printers Furniture, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the art of printing, and has reference to that portion or branch thereof involving the use of borders, either fancy or plain, and employed as borders of pages, as in bookprinting, or in newspaper and magazine work, wherein they are employed to surround fancifully-displayed matter, either of a reading or illustrative nature-as, forinst-ance, advertisements. Heretofore it has been usual to form these borders by mitering and sometimes soldering the meeting ends of the borders and arranging the reading-matter within and around the same. In such instances the most serious objection has been that the pressure necessarily brought to bear both within and without the border many times results in the corners becoming disconnected, so that as a result imperfect borders appear in the impression.

The main object of my invention is to obviate this disadvantage by permitting the border being securely and most positively locked in position and yet at the same time remove from the same all force calculated in any wise to tend to crush or disjoint the same.

My invention, therefore, consists in a border, either integrally formed or in sections,

provided with openings (preferably of a circular nature) at one or more sides and a plurality of plugs loosely seated therein and in length slightly exceeding the width of the border or its foundation.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan showing my improved border in its operative position. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig.1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the border in detail.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in all the figures of the drawings.

The border-frame A is shown in the present instance as rectangular andintegrallyformed; but it will be obvious that it may be of any desired contour. The frame, therefore, comprises in the illustration given opposite transverse ends a and longitudinal sides a. It

may also include one or more intermediate transverse walls a whereby upper and lower spaces or panels a" and 0. respectively, are produced. This frame, including the printing-surface a (which latter may be of any desired design,) is type-high, as usual. At suitable points the frame is provided with transverse openings at, the surfaces of which are smooth, and in each of said openings is seated and perfectly free to move a clampingplug 1), the length of which slightly exceeds the width of the frame-bar of the border, so that said plugs extend a slight distance beyond the opposite sides of said frame-bar. The ends of these plugs are perfectly fiat, and the plugs are herein shown of equal length. The openings (6 3.113 preferably circular in contour, and the plugs accurately yet loosely fitting the same are of course cylindrical. The contour of the openings and plugs may be other than that shown. If the border is rectangular, I prefer to locate the openings and plugs at two sides only of the same-that is, at two sides only of each panel or opening.

If of other shape, the number and position of the plugs and openings may be varied accord ingly and as may be found necessary.

.In practice printing-matter, as C, may be located within the opening or openings a and d and the same surrounded, or partially so, by the leads B, against which will abut the inner ends of the plugs b. This may be set in the chase, surrounded by the usual furniture, and pressure exerted against the outer ends of the plugs by the usual quoins, or, as shown, leads B may be arranged against the outer ends of said plugs and the whole surrounded byprinting-matter C. In the same manner electros maybe seated and held within the panels or openings. In any case it will be obvious that the clamping pressure as pro duced by the q'uoins will be transmitted through the clamping-plugs b to the matter contained within the border-frame and not to the said matter through said frame, as heretofore. As a result no crushing .or disjointing of the frame can possibly take place, and yet the latter is at the same time positively and securely locked immovably in position.

What I claim is- 1. A border for printing,-the base'of which is provided with openings, and clamping plugs mounted for sliding in said openings and exceeding in length the width of the sides thereof whereby they are vadapted to extend beyond the opposite sides of the base.

2. A border for printing, the base of which is integral and rectangular, a plurality of the sides of said base being provided With openings, and clam ping-plugs mounted and adapted to slide within the openings and of a length slightly exceeding the width of the base, whereby the plugs are adapted to extend be yond the opposite sides of the same.

3. A border for printing, the base of which is rectangular, said base being provided at one side and end with an opening, and clamping-plugs mounted to loosely slide in said openings and of a length slightly exceeding EDWARD G. DOUGHERTY Witnesses:

-I. H. WARREN,

GEORGE H; MCDONALD. 

